Giovanni Caprara (born November 7, 1962,

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n women's volleyball coach who currently manages Azerbaijan women's national volleyball Netherlands women's team. In 2005-2008 head coach of the Russian women's team, from April 2010 to March 2011 the head coach of women's national team of Greece. (2008). With the season-2014/15 head coach

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. Caprara led the Istanbul team to victory

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and the Club World Championship. Wife -

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, one of the best volleyball players of the world the 2nd half of 1980 (1988 Olympic champion, world champion in 1990 in the

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team), after the collapse of the Soviet Union came to play for

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. The couple met when Kirillova played in

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, where Caprara was the second coach.Любовно-волейбольный роман
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References

External links

Lega Volley Femminile - Scheda su Giovanni Caprara

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